Acronyms

ANSTFAquatic Species Nuisance Task Force
APHISAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APWGAlien Plant Working Group
ARSAgricultural Research Service
BBSBreeding Bird Survey
BCDCBiological Control Documentation Center
BRDBiological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey
BLMBureau of Land Management
CABICAB International
CAPSCooperative Agricultural Pest Survey
CENRCommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources
DIAGDATAWildlife Health Diagnostics Database
DODDepartment of Defense
DOIDepartment of the Interior
EFPISNAExotic Forest Pest Information System for North America
EPIZOOWildlife Health Epizootiological Database
FAOFood and Agriculture Organization
FICMNEWFederal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
FNWFederal Noxious Weeds
FSUnited States Forest Service
GEFGlobal Environmental Facility
GISPGlobal Invasive Species Programme
GPPISGlobal Plant Pest Information System
GRINGermplasm Resources Information Network
HEARHawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project
IABINInter-American Biodiversity Information Network
ICSUInternational Council of Scientific Unions
INHSIllinois Natural History Survey
IPPCInternational Plant Protection Convention
IRL Indian River Lagoon
ISSG Invasive Species Specialist Group
ITIS Integrated Taxonomic Information System
IUCN World Conservation Union, formerly International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
MGDMicrobial Germplasm Database
NANIADNorth American Non-Indigenous Arthropod Database
NAPISNational Agricultural Pest Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey
NASNational Science Foundation
NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
NBCINational Biological Control Institute
NBIINational Biological Information Infrastructure
NCPINative Plant Conservation Initiative
NCDA&CSNorth Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
NISNonindigenous Species
NMNHNational Museum of Natural History
NPSNational Park Service
NRCSNatural Resources Conservation Service
OIEOffice International des Epizooties
OMBOffice of Management and Budget
OTAOffice of Technology Assessment
PPQPlant Protection and Quarantine
RMFCharles Valetine Riley Memorial Foundation
ROBOReleases of Beneficial Organisms in the U.S. and Territories
SCOPEScientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
SELSystematic Entomology Laboratory
SERCSmithsonian Environmental Research Center
SIDSSmall Island Developing States
SNOMEDThe Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine
STSSlow-the-Spread
SWEMPSouthwest Exotic Plant Mapping Database
USDAUnited States Department of Agriculture
USGSUnited States Geological Survey
UNEPUnited Nations Environment Program